I should clarify a point. – Tom Rose was the standard I had in mind. As a graduate from his school and working his Mal Kelly at the time I knew not only what a good dog should be like but also how he got her there. It is not his example I speak of in my last posting.

Walk-Through in NC Postponed.

I just recieved this letter:

March 11, 2003

Dear Working Dog Sport Enthusiast:

I would like to personally thank you for your positive response
concerning the new proposed Working Dog Sport program. The response has
overwhelmed our staff. Your support on a national basis has placed us in
a position of inability to handle the volume of people who have
expressed interest in attending the "walk thru" event to be held on
March 30, 2003.

For these reasons, I regret to inform you that we are temporarily
postponing the scheduled March 30, 2003 function until we can properly
provide spaces to the masses that have expressed their desire to attend.
Please understand that the purpose of the "walk thru" was to evaluate
each of the proposed exercises. We feel our inability to accommodate the
number of people expressing interest would impair the evaluation
process.

Thank you so much for your interest and input.

Sincerely,

William M. Speck
Assistant Vice President,
Performance Events
wms@akc.org

Please feel free to cross post this message.

As the old curse goes - May you live in interesting times.